
The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Hans H. Zerlett
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Cast

Lída Baarová
Maria Weigel / Rosalinde

Hans Söhnker
Kammersänger Hans Weigel / Eisenstein

Friedl Czepa
Hanni / Adele
Jola Jobst
Berta / Ida

Georg Alexander
Staatsanwalt Wentin / Frank
Robert Dorsay
Chauffeur Franz / Alfred

Hans Moser
Hans Moser

Harald Paulsen
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Rommel / Dr.Falke

Karl Stepanek
Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
Hans Stiebner
Kapellmeister
Otto Graf
Rundfunkreporter
Albert Ihle
Präsident
Arthur Kistenmacher
Polizist
Erwin Werner
Bühnenarbeiter
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